Anthony Calderbank is an English translator of contemporary Arabic literature.
He lived in Egypt for several years in the mid-1980s, making his home in the Cairo neighbourhood of Shubra.
From 2000, Calderbank worked for the British Council in Saudi Arabia, living in Khobar and Riyadh.
[2] Most recently, Calderbank became Country Director of the British Council in the new state of South Sudan.
[3] Calderbank has translated a number of works from the Arabic literary canon into English.